The Accursed (Oates novel)

Book by Joyce Carol Oates

First edition
Cover artist Giovanni Boldini,
"Profile of a Young Woman", date unknown

The Accursed is the fifth volume of United States writer Joyce Carol Oates's Gothic series following Bellefleur (1980), A Bloodsmoor Romance (1982), Mysteries of Winterthurn (1984), and My Heart Laid Bare (1998). The novel was published by Ecco on March 5, 2013.[1] It is set in and around Princeton, New Jersey in the early twentieth century, and explores a variety of supernatural themes, tracing their effect upon members of several families who reside in the area. The Accursed contains a number of historical figures used in a fictional context, among them President Woodrow Wilson, and writers Mark Twain, Jack London and Upton Sinclair and his first wife Meta.

The Accursed was well-reviewed by a number of major authors, with writer Stephen King describing it in The New York Times Book Review as "the world's first postmodern Gothic novel".[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Oates, Joyce Carol (March 5, 2013). The Accursed. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062231703.
2. ^ Stephen King, New York Times Book Reviews March 14, 2013

## External links[edit]

* Joyce Carol Oates website

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Works by Joyce Carol Oates

The Wonderland Quartet|

* A Garden of Earthly Delights (1967)
* Expensive People (1968)
* Them (1969)
* Wonderland (1971)

The Gothic Saga|

* Bellefleur (1980)
* A Bloodsmoor Romance (1982)
* Mysteries of Winterthurn (1984)
* My Heart Laid Bare (1998)
* The Accursed (2013)

Other novels|

* With Shuddering Fall (1964)
* Do with Me What You Will (1973)
* The Assassins: A Book of Hours (1975)
* Childwold (1976)
* Son of the Morning (1978)
* Cybele (1979)
* Unholy Loves (1979)
* Angel of Light (1981)
* Solstice (1985)
* Marya: A Life (1986)
* You Must Remember This (1987)
* American Appetites (1989)
* Because It Is Bitter, and Because It Is My Heart (1990)
* Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (1993)
* What I Lived For (1994)
* Zombie (1995)
* We Were the Mulvaneys (1996)
* Man Crazy (1997)
* Broke Heart Blues (1999)
* Blonde (2000)
* Middle Age: A Romance (2001)
* I'll Take You There (2002)
* The Tattooed Girl (2003)
* The Falls (2004)
* Missing Mom (2005)
* Black Girl / White Girl (2006)
* The Gravedigger's Daughter (2007)
* My Sister, My Love (2008)
* Little Bird of Heaven (2009)
* Mudwoman (2012)
* The Sacrifice (2015)
* Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars. (2020)

Novellas|

* Black Water (1992)
* First Love: A Gothic Tale (1996)
* Beasts (2001)
* The Corn Maiden: A Love Story (2005)
* A Fair Maiden (2010)

Short story collections|

* By the North Gate (1963)
* Upon the Sweeping Flood and Other Stories (1966)
* The Wheel of Love and Other Stories (1970)
* Marriages and Infidelities (1972)
* The Goddess and Other Women (1974)
* The Poisoned Kiss and Other Stories from the Portuguese (1975)
* Crossing the Border (1976)
* Night-Side (1977)
* All the Good People I've Left Behind (1979)
* The Assignation (1988)
* Demon and Other Tales (1996)
* I Am No One You Know: Stories (2004)
* High Lonesome: New & Selected Stories, 1966–2006 (2006)
* The Museum of Dr. Moses: Tales of Mystery and Suspense (2007)
* Wild Nights! (2008)
* Dear Husband (2009)
* The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares (2011)
* The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror (2016)

Short stories|

* "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" (1963)
* "Stalking" (1972)
* "The Temple" (1996)

Young adult fiction|

* Big Mouth & Ugly Girl (2002)
* Small Avalanches and Other Stories (2003)
* Freaky Green Eyes (2003)
* Sexy (2005)
* After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away (2006)

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